Nueces County Junior Livestock Show Blue Ribbon Auction

The Blue Ribbon Sale at the 78th annual Nueces County Junior Livestock Show kicked off at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19 at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown.

Photos By Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Aubrey Zickefoose, 13, holds up her ribbons and trophies along side younger brother, Kadyn, 7, as her grand champion market swine roams the show pen Saturday during the 78th annual Nueces County Junior Livestock Show Blue Ribbon Sale at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown. Zickefoose's swine sold for $15,000 in the auction.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Rene Guerra waits with his reserve grand champion steer for the auction to start Saturday during the 78th annual Nueces County Junior Livestock Show Blue Ribbon Sale at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds.

Kayli Crauthers with the Calallen FFA tries to pull her grand champion steer into the show pen Saturday during the 78th annual Nueces County Junior Livestock Show Blue Ribbon Sale at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown. Crauthers steer sold for $21,000.

Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Sissy Winn with the London 4-H stands next to her grand champion broilers Saturday during the 78th annual Nueces County Junior Livestock Show Blue Ribbon Sale at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Rachel Kaplan with the Travelin 4-H'ers presents her grand champion meat goat for auction Saturday during the 78th annual Nueces County Junior Livestock Show Blue Ribbon Sale at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds. The goat sold for $11,000.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Kayli Crauthers is all smiles Saturday as her grand champion steer goes up for sale in the 78th annual Nueces County Junior Livestock Show Blue Ribbon Sale in Robstown.

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Sheldon Bammert with the Tejas 4-H hugs Laura Berry with Berry Contracting after multiple bidders combined to purchase his pair of market rabbits for $12,500 Saturday during the 78th nnual Nueces County Junior Livestock Show Blue Ribbon Sale at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Sheldon Bammert pets his grand champion market rabbits Saturday as they are auctioned off during the 78th annual Nueces County Junior Livestock Show Blue Ribbon Sale at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown.

Photos by Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Colton Bausch, 17 (center), hugs his sister Shena Miller as the sale price continues to rise for his grand champion market lamb, Bullet, Saturday during the 78th annual Nueces County Junior Livestock Show Blue Ribbon Sale. Bausch's lamb sold for a record $23,000, the highest selling animal at this year's livestock show sale.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Cutter Scarborough with the Bluntzer 4-H starts to get nervous as the auction begins for his grand champion turkey Saturday during the 78th annual Nueces County Junior Livestock Show Blue Ribbon Sale at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown. The turkey sold for $10,000.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Mackenzie Wright, the 2013 livestock show queen, also had the grand champion carcass steer Saturday, which was auctioned off during the 78th annual Nueces County Junior Livestock Show Blue Ribbon Sale at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown. The money raised from the sale of the carcass steer goes into the livestock show's general scholarship fund.